Monday, April 5, 2004
Random Notes
• What's with all these people picking the Cubs and Red Sox to get to the World Series? Guys: These are the Cubs and Red Sox. Neither team will be going to the World Series. Neither team will win its division, and only one--the Cubs--will even get to the playoffs as a wild card. Consult the Prediction Party below to find out what the hell will happen this year.
• But still, it's Opening Day, and we are very happy here at E.K. Nation, although we've already had two Opening Days already this year. One in Japan--Japan!! First pitch went off at 5 a.m. Eastern, 2 a.m. Pacific. What's that about?--and one in Baltimore last night. Enough. Let's go back to the way it was. Monday is Opening Day and everyone plays. That's an E.K. Nation Rule™.
• Barry Bonds will hit a home run today, and then he'll get #660 on Saturday and #661 on Sunday.
• Quick moment of silence for the Colorado Avalanche, which failed to win a division title for the first time since 1994, back when they were the Quebec Nordiques. They lost out to Vancouver, the team I had winning it all in my pre-season predictions.
• Incredibly, I had one team right in my pre-season NCAA basketball predictions. I had UConn getting to the final game, where it would lose to--ahem--California. Alas, the Bears are a year away from making a good showing in the tourney, provided everyone else comes back. And why wouldn't they? They have no NBA stars now. As it is, Georgia Tech will give Connecticut a run for its money but the Huskies will wind up winning 80-75.
• This is how fucked up we are as a country. When news of the kidnapped college girl from Wisconsin broke last week, my first reaction was, I'll bet she's faking it. Anything for a movie of the week and a quick buck and a shot of attention. And that's what I thought initially. "I wonder if this is just another attention whore faking an abduction." Surprise, sur--fucking--prise, I was right. *Note:* I also acknowledge that blogs are another way for many of us to get attention. But this blog isn't like many of the other blogs, where people--incredibly--list what they had for breakfast every day and who they talked to on the phone, as if anyone should fucking care. I'm just talking sports and talking Los Gigantes and giving my opinions, and you don't have to show up. Plus, unless you know me personally, you don't know my real name and I ain't fucking giving it to you. That's how much I care about you, the rare E.K. Nation reader. :)
• But still, it's Opening Day, and we are very happy here at E.K. Nation, although we've already had two Opening Days already this year. One in Japan--Japan!! First pitch went off at 5 a.m. Eastern, 2 a.m. Pacific. What's that about?--and one in Baltimore last night. Enough. Let's go back to the way it was. Monday is Opening Day and everyone plays. That's an E.K. Nation Rule™.
• Barry Bonds will hit a home run today, and then he'll get #660 on Saturday and #661 on Sunday.
• Quick moment of silence for the Colorado Avalanche, which failed to win a division title for the first time since 1994, back when they were the Quebec Nordiques. They lost out to Vancouver, the team I had winning it all in my pre-season predictions.
• Incredibly, I had one team right in my pre-season NCAA basketball predictions. I had UConn getting to the final game, where it would lose to--ahem--California. Alas, the Bears are a year away from making a good showing in the tourney, provided everyone else comes back. And why wouldn't they? They have no NBA stars now. As it is, Georgia Tech will give Connecticut a run for its money but the Huskies will wind up winning 80-75.
• This is how fucked up we are as a country. When news of the kidnapped college girl from Wisconsin broke last week, my first reaction was, I'll bet she's faking it. Anything for a movie of the week and a quick buck and a shot of attention. And that's what I thought initially. "I wonder if this is just another attention whore faking an abduction." Surprise, sur--fucking--prise, I was right. *Note:* I also acknowledge that blogs are another way for many of us to get attention. But this blog isn't like many of the other blogs, where people--incredibly--list what they had for breakfast every day and who they talked to on the phone, as if anyone should fucking care. I'm just talking sports and talking Los Gigantes and giving my opinions, and you don't have to show up. Plus, unless you know me personally, you don't know my real name and I ain't fucking giving it to you. That's how much I care about you, the rare E.K. Nation reader. :)
